SkySilk Cloud Services

{{Short description|American web infrastructure company}}

{{Notability|1=Companies|date=February 2021}}

SkySilk Cloud Services is an American web infrastructure company based in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|last=Moss|first=Sebastian|date=2021-02-16|title=Parler returns, hosted by SkySilk in an LA data center|url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/parler-returns-hosted-skysilk-la-data-center/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Data Center Dynamics|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Grothaus|first=Michael|date=2021-02-16|title=Here's the rationale for SkySilk enabling Parler to get back online|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90604945/heres-the-rationale-for-skysilk-enabling-parler-to-get-back-online|access-date=2021-02-16|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last1=Allyn|first1=Bobby|last2=Treisman|first2=Rachel|date=2021-02-15|title=After Weeks Of Being Offline, Parler Finds A New Web Host|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968116346/after-weeks-of-being-off-line-parler-finds-a-new-web-host|access-date=2021-02-16|website=NPR.org|language=en}} According to Data Center Dynamics, SkySilk has points of presence in both Los Angeles and New York.{{Cite web|last=Moss|first=Sebastian|date=2021-02-16|title=Parler returns, hosted by SkySilk in an LA data center|url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/parler-returns-hosted-skysilk-la-data-center/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Data Center Dynamics|language=en}} SkySilk appears to be hosted by a facility in Los Angeles operated by data-center provider QuadraNet.

In February 2021, they took over the hosting of the controversial social media network Parler. In relation to their hosting of Parler, SkySilk representatives said that "Skysilk does not advocate nor condone hate, rather, it advocates the right to private judgment and rejects the role of being the judge, jury, and executioner."{{Cite web|last=Grothaus|first=Michael|date=2021-02-16|title=Here's the rationale for SkySilk enabling Parler to get back online|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90604945/heres-the-rationale-for-skysilk-enabling-parler-to-get-back-online|access-date=2021-02-16|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last1=Allyn|first1=Bobby|last2=Treisman|first2=Rachel|date=2021-02-15|title=After Weeks Of Being Offline, Parler Finds A New Web Host|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968116346/after-weeks-of-being-off-line-parler-finds-a-new-web-host|access-date=2021-02-16|website=NPR.org|language=en}}

According to Ars Technica, Parler's traffic from SkySilk passes through an ISP based in Ohio called CloudRoute. Ars Technica reported that "CloudRoute and SkySilk seem to be connected in some way and may ultimately be part of the same company", though they noted the CEO of CloudRoute denied such a connection.{{Cite web|last=Brodkin|first=Jon|date=2021-02-15|title=Parler says it's back without "Big Tech" after being kicked off Amazon|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/parler-says-its-back-without-big-tech-after-being-kicked-off-amazon/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}